Summer Research Program Application

Faculty Application for Summer 2009

Overview
The John S. Rogers Science Research Program supports collaborative faculty/student research projects during the summer. All faculty in the Mathematical & Natural Sciences division are eligible to apply. Select faculty in the Psychology department are also eligible to apply because Lewis & Clark secured a 3-year grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to expand the Rogers Program. Proposed projects may be laboratory-based, field-based, theoretical, or any combination thereof.

Eligibility
You must agree to supervise one or two students for ten weeks. You must have submitted at least one proposal to an external funding agency within the last calendar year. Exception: if you are initiating a new project, then you may apply to Rogers, with the expectation that you will use this seed money to develop your project and apply for external funding the following year.

What is Available?
The Rogers Program provides the following financial support:

Faculty stipend, $5500
Research supplies, up to $1000
Student stipend, per student: $4000 plus $600 housing allowance

Faculty stipends may be adjusted depending on the pool of available funds.

How to Apply
Download the faculty application form: Rogers Application. The application includes a 100-word abstract that will be used to advertise your research project to students on the Rogers Web site.

Faculty with External Research Support
If you have external funding, then you are also eligible to submit an application to the Rogers Program to supplement your external support. The following supplements will be considered:

Faculty stipend (if your grant does not provide faculty support)
Student stipends (if you want to hire additional students not covered by your grant)
Student stipend supplement (to bring your student stipends up to the $4000 level)
Student housing allowance (each of your students will get $600)

To apply for supplemental funds you need only fill out the first and last pages of the of the application form--essentially just the abstract and budget pages.

Student Applications
Interested students will fill out a general application (identifying their research interests, giving their educational background and grades, providing references, etc.) Students will be informed of which faculty are seeking student interns, and will list their preferences from among the available faculty projects. From among the applicants, each faculty member will select a group to interview. From among these interviewees, faculty will select their student interns. In the event that a student is selected by more than one faculty member, the Rogers Steering Committee will work with faculty to arbitrate final choices.

If you have questions about the application process or about your eligibility, please contact Michael Broide at 503 768 7581 or email: broide@lclark.edu.

Summary of Important Dates

January 26	Faculty applications for full and supplemental funding due.
February 13	Faculty informed of funding decisions; student positions advertised.
February 27	Student applications due.
March 2-13	Faculty interview select students.
March 17	Faculty ranking of interns (and backups) due.
March 20	Students notified if they have been selected or not.
April 3	Students decide whether to accept offered positions.